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PNGful

See and remove the hidden metadata in your photos

Photos quietly carry EXIF data — camera model, capture dates, editing software, often exact GPS coordinates. PNGful reads and strips it all on your device: nothing is uploaded, and location data is never sent to any mapping service.

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PNG, JPG, WebP, AVIF, GIF, BMP, TIFF, HEIC, SVG

Your images are processed on your device and are not uploaded to PNGful.

How it works

  1. 1

    Add a photo

    Drop a JPG, PNG, WebP, TIFF or HEIC file. It's read locally — the file never leaves your device.

  2. 2

    Review what it reveals

    See every embedded field: camera and lens, capture and edit dates, software, and GPS coordinates if present — displayed on-device, never sent to a mapping service.

  3. 3

    Strip all of it, or just some

    Remove everything in one click, or (for JPG) remove selected categories like location, device details, dates or authorship while keeping the rest.

  4. 4

    Download the clean copy

    Save the stripped file. Your original stays untouched on disk, so keep it if you might ever need the metadata back.

Common uses

  • Removing GPS location from photos before posting them publicly
  • Cleaning photos before listing items on marketplaces
  • Checking what a photo reveals before sending it to a stranger
  • Stripping author and software fields from work shared with clients
  • Sanitizing images before publishing them on a blog or forum
  • Auditing old photos to see which ones carry location history

What EXIF metadata stores — and why it matters

When a camera or phone saves a photo, it embeds a block of metadata alongside the pixels: the camera make and model, lens and exposure settings, the exact date and time of capture, the software that last edited the file — and, on most phones, the GPS coordinates of where the photo was taken. None of this is visible in the image itself, but anyone who downloads the file can read it with free tools in seconds.

GPS tags are the sharp edge. A photo taken at home and posted online can reveal your street address; a sequence of tagged photos maps out your routine. Marketplaces, forums and email attachments are common ways location data leaks, because unlike big social networks, many of them pass files through unmodified. PNGful shows you the coordinates a photo carries directly on your device — they are never sent to any mapping service or server, because the whole tool runs locally.

Removal is a container rewrite, not a re-encode: for JPG, PNG and WebP, "remove all" copies the compressed image data into a fresh file without the metadata blocks, leaving the pixels byte-for-byte untouched — completely lossless. JPG additionally supports selective removal, so you can strip just the sensitive categories (location, device, dates, authorship) and keep harmless technical fields. Other input formats are re-encoded to PNG, which is lossless but does change the file format.

Good to know

  • Selective category removal is available for JPG only; PNG and WebP support the lossless "remove all" option.
  • Input formats other than JPG, PNG and WebP are re-encoded to PNG — losslessly, but the output format changes.
  • The tool removes metadata embedded in the file; it can't retract copies you've already shared with metadata intact.
  • Visible content is untouched — anything readable in the pixels themselves (screen text, landmarks) obviously remains.

Your images stay private

Your images are processed on your device and are not uploaded to PNGful.All processing happens locally using your browser's own image engine — there is no upload step, no server-side queue, and nothing to delete afterwards. Read more in our privacy policy.

Frequently asked questions

Does removing metadata reduce image quality?

No. For JPG, PNG and WebP, removal is a container rewrite: the compressed pixel data is copied into a new file unchanged and only the metadata blocks are dropped. The image is byte-for-byte identical in appearance — usually just a few kilobytes smaller.

Don't social networks strip EXIF data anyway?

Generally yes — the major platforms remove metadata from public copies of your uploads (though they read it themselves first). But don't rely on it: email, messaging apps, marketplaces, forums and file shares often pass files through untouched. Stripping metadata yourself before sharing is the only version of this you control.

Can I undo metadata removal?

No. The downloaded file simply doesn't contain the data, and nothing can reconstruct it. Your original file on disk is never modified, though — so keep it if you may want the capture date, camera settings or location later.

Why do some fields remain after selective removal?

Selective mode removes the categories you chose — location, device, dates, authorship — and deliberately keeps non-sensitive technical fields, like orientation and color-space information, that help software display the image correctly. If you want a completely clean file, use "remove all" instead.

Is my photo or its GPS location sent anywhere?

No. The file is parsed in your browser, and any GPS coordinates are displayed on your device without being sent to a mapping service, a geocoding API, or any server. There is no upload step at all, so there is nothing for us to store or delete.

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